# 2nd federal electoral district of Veracruz

The 2nd federal electoral district of Veracruz (Distrito electoral federal 02 de Veracruz) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 19 such districts in the state of Veracruz.
It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative session by means of the first-past-the-post system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the third region.

## District territory

Veracruz lost a congressional district in the National Electoral Institute's 2022 redistricting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 elections. The reconfigured 2nd district covers 16 municipalities in the Huasteca Baja region in the north of the state:
* Álamo Temapache, Naranjos Amatlán, Benito Juárez, Castillo de Teayo, Cerro Azul, Chicontepec, Chinampa de Gorostiza, Huayacocotla, Ilamatlán, Ixhuatlán de Madero, Tancoco, Tepetzintla, Texcatepec, Tlachichilco, Zacualpan and Zontecomatlán.
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Álamo.
With Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 59% of its population, it is classified by the National Electoral Institute (INE) as an indigenous district.

## Previous districting schemes
### 2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, Veracruz was assigned 20 electoral districts. The 2nd district comprised 15 municipalities in the north of the state: Benito Juárez, Chalma, Chiconamel, Chicontepec, Chontla, Huayacocotla, Ilamatlán, Ixcatepec, Ixhuatlán de Madero, Platón Sánchez, Tantoyuca, Texcatepec, Tlachichilco, Zacualpan and Zontecomatlán. The head town was at Tantoyuca.

### 2005–2017

Veracruz's allocation of congressional seats fell to 21 in the 2005 redistricting process. Between 2005 and 2017 the district had its head town at Tantoyuca and it covered 16 municipalities: the same group as in 2017–2022, plus Citlaltépetl.

### 1996–2005

Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was at Chicontepec de Tejeda.

### 1978–1996

The districting scheme in force from 1978 to 1996 was the result of the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under that plan, Veracruz's seat allocation rose from 15 to 23. The 2nd district had its head town at Tuxpan in the Huasteca Baja and it covered the municipalities of Cazones, Cerro Azul, Tamiahua, Tancoco, Tepetzintla and Tuxpan.

## Deputies returned to Congress

Second federal electoral district of Veracruz :
| Election | Deputy | Term | Legislature |
| 1961 | Jesús Reyes Heroles | 1961–1964 | 45th Congress |
| 1964 | Francisco Rodríguez Cano | 1964–1967 | 46th Congress |
| 1967 | Ricardo Alvarado Silverio | 1967–1970 | 47th Congress |
| 1970 | Noé Ortega Martínez | 1970–1973 | 48th Congress |
| 1973 | Demetrio Ruiz Malerva | 1973–1976 | 49th Congress |
| 1976 | Pericles Namorado Urrutia | 1976–1979 | 50th Congress |
| 1979 | Demetrio Ruiz Malerva | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress |
| 1982 | Rogelio Carballo Millán | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress |
| 1985 | Demetrio Ruiz Malerva | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress |
| 1988 | Graciela Gómez Rodríguez de Ibarra | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress |
| 1991 | José Manuel Pozos Castro | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress |
| 1994 | Genaro Alfonso del Ángel Amador | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress |
| 1997 | Heberto Sánchez Meraz | 1997–2000 | 57th Congress |
| 2000 | Eduardo Leines Barrera | 2000–2003 | 58th Congress |
| 2003 | Ubaldo Aguilar Flores | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress |
| 2006 | María del Carmen Pinete Vargas | 2006–2009 | 60th Congress |
| 2009 | Genaro Mejía de la Merced | 2009–2012 | 61st Congress |
| 2012 | Leopoldo Sánchez Cruz | 2012–2015 | 62nd Congress |
| 2015 | María del Carmen Pinete Vargas | 2015–2018 | 63rd Congress |
| 2018 | Jesús Guzmán Avilés | 2018–2021 | 64th Congress |
| 2021 | María del Carmen Pinete Vargas | 2021–2024 | 65th Congress |
| 2024 | Elizabeth Cervantes de la Cruz | 2024–2027 | 66th Congress |